France has several notable landmarks and geographic features, including the Millau bridge, beaches along the Mediterranean coast, and rivers that flow into the English Channel and Mediterranean Sea like the Loire, Seine, and Rhone. France borders countries such as Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Spain, and Italy. Iconic sites in France include the Eiffel Tower in Paris, known for its height of 324 meters. Popular sports in France include football, rugby, and the annual Tour de France cycling race. Art movements that originated in France include Baroque painting and Impressionism.

1. France
By Robyn Kirwan

2. MILLAU BRIDGE
• Millau bridge is in central France
• The bridge is 70km
• The tour de France goes along this bridge

3. Beaches
• Porto pollo
• Paloma plage
• Argeles plage

4. Rivers
• The river loire is 1.012 km. Its mouth is the
Atlantic ocean.
• Seine river is 776 km. Its mouth is the English
channel
• Rhone river is 812 km. its mouth is the
Mediterranean sea
• The two seas the are around France are the
English channel and the mediterranean sea

5. Bordering Countries
• The countries that border France are Belgium,
Germany, Switzerland, Spain and Italy

6. Eiffel tower
• The Eiffel tower is in Paris
• Its 324 meters which is about the size of an
81 storey house
• The tower received 250 million visitors in
2010
• Its named after an engineer called Gustave
Eiffel
• The Eiffel tower has three levels for visitors

7. Sport
• Football is the most popular sport in France.
• The first football club was introduced to France
in 1863 by British immigrants
• Rugby was introduced in 1872.
• The tour de France is a cycling race. The winners
from the past years are
• Fabian Gancellara in 2010
• Robert Gensink in 2011
• Peter Veltis in 2012
• Christopher Froome 2013

8. Painting and painters
• Baroque is painted by Nicolas Poussin and Claude
Lorrain
• Impressionism